Week six: color theory

This week's lesson is always my favorite, color theory. I love figuring out the facts around the magic we create. It helps as designers because it aids in making better decisions to create our vision. For example maybe something with a 10% transmission isn't so good for a front wash. It helps us to use our tools more effectively. We have the charts behind each gel, but if we don't know what those numbers are telling us, how is it going to improve our projects? The part that I hadn't heard about that I really enjoyed was the dominance of color. I knew this information somewhat instinctively, but it was really helpful to break that down. I also didn't know about the color correction or red shift previously, and that totally blew my mind. Especially the trick of the barely blue gel to create a seemingly higher Kelvin fixture. I LOVED that! It showed me for the millionth time how interesting and magical lighting is, and it makes me feel kinda cool that I'm pursuing it as a job path. Each time we delve deeper I'm learning even more to make me know that this is what I really want to do. :)

I'm actually glad we didn't have this lecture before my show, because I took a lot of things off of instinct initially. As I had to improve them, it gave me hands on experience which really nailed it into my head. Then to further sink it in, this lecture gave me the language behind the instinct, so I can continue to use that knowledge.